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crackbrained

[ krak-breynd ]

adjective

  1. foolish, senseless, or insane.


crackbrained

/ ˈæˌɪԻ /

adjective

  1. insane, idiotic, or crazy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crackbrained1

First recorded in 1625–35; crackbrain + -ed 3
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Trump may have half-listened while Musk or Vance or some other genius underling laid out a crackbrained scheme for weaponizing Europe’s social and political divisions in order to carve up the continent.

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Kirkpatrick’s idea is not as entirely as crackbrained as it sounds.

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The interminable duns and khakis of La Mancha are the same that Don Quixote roamed across in his crackbrained quest for adventure.

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Theobald, whom she was used to contemplate as a crackbrained enthusiast, assumed a new interest in her eyes.

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It is late, it is nineteen-nineteen— go to sleep, his cries are a lullaby; his jabbering is a sleep-well-my-baby; he is a crackbrained messenger.

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